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RETAINER FOB SCARFS 0R NECKTIES.

(Applxeatxon lad Nov 13, 1897) No. 625,8I7.

(No Modal) WIT/155555 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. TUCKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ROSE B. TUCKER,

l OF SAME `PLACE.

RETAINER FOR SCARFS OR NECKTIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,817, dated May 30, 1899. Application fled ll'ovelnloei` 13,1897. Serial No. 658,395. (No model.)

To all whomjt may concern/A:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. TUCKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, (Brooklyn,) county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Retainers for Scarfs or Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to retaining devices for scarfs and neckties, and is particularly designed for the purpose of holding the neckband of a scarf or tie in place upon a standing collarand to prevent the tie .or scarf from riding up toward the top of the collar and the knot or bow from slipping to one side of the front of said collar. l

The objects of 'myinvention are to produce a device for the purpose referred to which shall be simple inV construction, reliable and efficient in use, and which may be manufactured at a small cost, and which shall be easilyapplied and adjusted in position. These objects are attained by means of the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a collar attached to the neckband of a shirt and a tie held in position upon the collar before the bow is formed in said tie. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the collar at one side of the retainer and showinga necktie in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe retainer.

Like figures of reference indicate like parts wherever they occur.

The retainer l is formed from a single piece of spring-wire of the desired size. A loop 2 is formed in the wire, and the strand is then continued to form the bend 3, constituting a loop lying at right angles to the loop 2 and being slightly enlarged to accommodate the seam at the lower edge of the collar. From this point the wire strand extends upward and slightly inward to a point nearly central to the largest diameter of the loop 2 to form a spring-tongue 4. The end of the wire is then bent outward and downward to form a retaining-hook 5, the terminal end 6 of which is sharpened to pierce the tie and hold. it in adjusted position.

It will be noticed that the loop 2 serves as one member of a spring-clasp and has a com paratively large bearing area upon the rear surface of the collar. The rear portion 7 of the hook 5 constitutes the other member of the clasp and bears upon the front surface of the collar at a point substantiallyin the center of the loop 2, thus clasping the collar by a somewhat circular bearing upon one side and at a central point upon the opposite surface. This construction insures a firm position of the retainer, and the downwardly-ex; tending point 6 is in the desired position to catch into the neckband of a scarf or tie to hold it at the required place.

Two of the retainers are to be used to hold the front portion of the scarf or tie, and they may easily be applied to the lower edge of the collar, at opposite sides of the front collarbutton. Another retainer may be used to hold the back portion of the tie down, if desired.

My retainer is of very simple construction f and will not slip about on the collar, owing to the peculiar formation of the two members of thespring-clasp. The tie cannot be accidentally detached from the point 6, but may be readily withdrawn therefrom when desired.

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- A scarf-retainer comprising a spring-wire loop to bear upon one side of the collar or material to be clasped, a bend at right angles to said loop, a spring-tongue having a terminal bend which normally lies in the same plane with the loop, andcentrally thereof, and a prong or hook at the end of the bend, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 12th day of November, 1897.

CHARLES A. TUCKER. Witnesses:

F. MYERS,

C. BLAKEsLEE. 

